Take One: Big story of the day
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Bajaj Auto shares buyback: Who stands to benefit the most?
The share buyback at Rs10,000 apiece is at a whopping 43 percent premium. But not all will benefit from it as acceptance ratio is likely to be lower. With the promoter group holding 54.94 percent as of December 2023, they will potentially get a bulk of the money
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VIP Industries' business woes could delay promoters' stake sale plan by a year
Arresting a fall in market share to smaller rival Safari, need to strengthen ecommerce business revenues and retaining talent in its middle management are challenges the company needs to resolve in coming quarters
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Adani Group plans to commence work on Dharavi redevelopment this year, but uncertainty lingers
Even as group plans education programmes and a survey, doubts about TDR and complexities around the eligibility of slum dwellers remain
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Mad Over Donuts: Lord of the glazed rings
A decade of frenzied euphoria, an intense scramble for a bigger bite, and recoiling of a flurry of doughnut brands have paved the way for an unlikely winner. Interestingly, the maddest about doughnuts has managed to survive, flourish, and make money
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Meet the EV upstart from Chhattisgarh playing to enter the big boys' club
An EV upstart from Chhattisgarh is trying to break into the big boys' club by positioning electric two-wheelers as a 'family scooter'. Can the challenger brand Eblu give an electrifying fight to biggies like Ola, Ather, TVS and Bajaj as EVs enter an exciting phase in 2024?
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How The Ayurveda Co is bringing high quality, affordable ayurvedic solutions to the masses
A taxing childhood, a punishing adolescence and an exacting adulthood... Shreedha Singh spent most of her life fighting extreme odds. Now, the doughty founder is disrupting the health, beauty and personal care space with her ayurvedic venture TAC
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Chaotic bond markets to continue to combat inflation and recession fears in 2024
Last year, global bond markets toggled between persistent inflation and recession in an aggressive rates-tightening era. Will the 2024 playbook be the same?
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It's the spark in the founder that makes us tip over: Titan Capital's Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
The early-stage investors on how they struck gold with some of their portfolio companies such as Ola and Mamaearth. And why their mindset is closer to that of an owner of the business
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We're seeing green shoots of recovery in China: Nicholas Chui
As hurdles for sustainable recovery in China equity markets continue, with mounting macro pressure on earnings amid currency weakness, will fund managers rejig their China equity-focussed portfolio and look somewhere else in 2024? Chui, portfolio manager, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, shares his thoughts
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Rigid or biased: How global rating agencies missed India's growth pulse
India may be the world's bright spot but, even after fifteen years, global rating agencies have not upgraded their low ratings for the fastest-growing economy. Will the big three agencies adjust their lens for a clearer picture in 2024?
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India M&A deal activity slides but 2024 outlook better: Experts
The funding winter, still high interest rates and sustained geo-political tensions due to wars impacted mergers and raising of fresh capital across the globe. In India, the 2023 data showed that companies are moving towards smaller deals. Healthcare, BFSI and green energy are likely to emerge as winners in 2024